Sam,
Maybe you (or someone else) can help me. I tried setting up kups last
night with no luck. I want to print from my Linux machine to a printer
on a Windows machine. I tried setting this up when I installed Mandrake
7.2, and the print test worked. Since then (and after several
reinstalls and an upgrade to MandrakeFreq) I still cannot print to the
Windows machine.
Other info:
-No printer on the Linux machine
-Samba server is not running (I would not expect to need it, and
therefore don't want to run it for security and resource reasons)
-I have used a Samba mount (smbmount in fstab) on the Linux box to
access files on the Windows machine
-When I start the kups configuration dialog (as root) I see the message
"Can't connect to cups server, check your options"
-All the "fields" on the "Infos page" are blank
-On the options page:
--I left user and password blank (because my Windows machine does not
require a userid and password to access the printer (I print OK from
other Windows machines))
--I filled in Host as Office6 (which works on the Windows machines), and
I also tried Office6.Home (my workgroup at home)
--No idea what port to use so left it at the default 631
--Configuration file is listed as /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and it exists,
but it looks like no settings have been entered. In fact, it looks like
the only file that appears to have any modifications that might have
come from my installation is the printers.conf file.
Motherboard is a TX-Pro II with onboard sound and video. WinChip IDT
200 mhz, 128 MB Ram, Realtek 8029 NIC, 8.1 G hard drive. Sound doesn't
work but that's because Linux does not support the on board sound chip.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Randy Kramer
Sam wrote:
>
> KUPS is simply amazing - it can scan for a networked printer, and
> installation proceeds in an entirely point-and-click fashion, without
> any typing whatsoever (except for printer name..). I hope Mandrake will
> one day incorporate this ease of use into its Printer configuration
> applet. :)
>
> On Saturday 19 May 2001 05:47, Todd Flinders wrote:
> > Have you tried setting the printers up with kups?
> > That makes it super easy.
> >
> > Configuration->Printers->Kups
> >
> > --- John Rye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > This is a cross-post.
> > >
> > > I've set up a local network of 2 1/2 machines (well
> > > one is only half
> > > working til I find some monitor specs <grin>), and I
> > > have no trouble
> > > transferring data and using a common dialup
> > > connection.
> > >
> > > My problem is getting printing to work.
> > >
> > > I can print from any of the machines if a printer is
> > > physically
> > > connected to the parallel port - that's easy. What I
> > > haven't been able
> > > to do is print across the network.
